03-19-2004, 11:23 PM
Shlama Akhi,
Whoa! Paul, man, you've outdone yourself.
Alright, so thus far, Akkadian and Aramaic are neck to neck. Let's explore Aramaic morphologically, shall we?
(1) Are the majority of the roots incorporated in three consonants rather than two consonants?
(2) Is infixation used more frequently than suffixes and prefixes to accomplish category changes and create related words?
(3) Do you have a declension system marked by at least three cases, i.e. nominative, accusative, and genitive?
(4) Is the singular, dual, and plural used with nouns, verbs, and adjectives?
(5) Do you have two grammatical genders, masculine and feminine, distinguished in nouns and adjectives?
(6) Can you reverse polarity in gender agreement exhibited with the numbers from three to ten?
If you can answer affirmatively 'yes' to all six questions, then I've been lied to.
Whoa! Paul, man, you've outdone yourself.
Alright, so thus far, Akkadian and Aramaic are neck to neck. Let's explore Aramaic morphologically, shall we?
(1) Are the majority of the roots incorporated in three consonants rather than two consonants?
(2) Is infixation used more frequently than suffixes and prefixes to accomplish category changes and create related words?
(3) Do you have a declension system marked by at least three cases, i.e. nominative, accusative, and genitive?
(4) Is the singular, dual, and plural used with nouns, verbs, and adjectives?
(5) Do you have two grammatical genders, masculine and feminine, distinguished in nouns and adjectives?
(6) Can you reverse polarity in gender agreement exhibited with the numbers from three to ten?
If you can answer affirmatively 'yes' to all six questions, then I've been lied to.
???Do not give up, for that is ignorance and not according to the rules of this art... Like the lover, you cannot hope to achieve success without infinite perseverance.???